Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'seen' occurs 433 times in the standard works.

112 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'seen' in the standard works and contain 25.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 42 minutes to read the entire list.

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JS-H 1:24-31 (9 in 8 verses)

2 Cor. 4:18 (4 in 1 verse)


D&C 17:3-5 (4 in 3 verses)

 17:3 And after that you have obtained faith, and have seen them with your eyes, you shall testify of them, by the power of God;

 17:4 And this you shall do that my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., may not be destroyed, that I may bring about my righteous purposes unto the children of men in this work.

 17:5 And ye shall testify that you have seen them, even as my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., has seen them; for it is by my power that he has seen them, and it is because he had faith.




1 Cor. 15:5-8 (4 in 4 verses)

D&C 88:47-50 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 11:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 19:35-36 (3 in 2 verses)

D&C 5:25-26 (3 in 2 verses)

Lam. 2:14-16 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezek. 13:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

John 14:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Jn. 1:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

3 Ne. 27:21-23 (3 in 3 verses)

Gen. 33:10 (2 in 1 verse)

Ex. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

Lev. 13:7 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Kgs. 8:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 20:15 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 5:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 33:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 39:4 (2 in 1 verse)

John 6:46 (2 in 1 verse)

John 8:38 (2 in 1 verse)

John 20:29 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 7:34 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Jn. 4:20 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 11:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Jacob 7:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Alma 36:26 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Ether 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

D&C 132:50 (2 in 1 verse)

Abr. 3:21 (2 in 1 verse)

Deut. 29:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 35:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Eccl. 6:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 3:59-60 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 8:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 11:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 18:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 8:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 12:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 178 0 178
NT 99 0 99
BM 110 0 110
DC 29 0 29
PGP 17 1 18
TOTAL 433 1 434

D&C 5:25
And then he shall say unto the people of this generation: Behold, I have seen the things which the Lord hath shown unto Joseph Smith, Jun., and I know of a surety that they are true, for I have seen them, for they have been shown unto me by the power of God and not of man.

D&C 5:26
And I the Lord command him, my servant Martin Harris, that he shall say no more unto them concerning these things, except he shall say: I have seen them, and they have been shown unto me by the power of God; and these are the words which he shall say.

D&C 17:3
And after that you have obtained faith, and have seen them with your eyes, you shall testify of them, by the power of God;

D&C 17:5
And ye shall testify that you have seen them, even as my servant Joseph Smith, Jun., has seen them; for it is by my power that he has seen them, and it is because he had faith.

D&C 21:8
Yea, his weeping for Zion I have seen, and I will cause that he shall mourn for her no longer; for his days of rejoicing are come unto the remission of his sins, and the manifestations of my blessings upon his works.

D&C 25:4
Murmur not because of the things which thou hast not seen, for they are withheld from thee and from the world, which is wisdom in me in a time to come.

D&C 39:9
Nevertheless, thou hast seen great sorrow, for thou hast rejected me many times because of pride and the cares of the world.

D&C 50:4
Behold, I, the Lord, have looked upon you, and have seen abominations in the church that profess my name.

D&C 52:36
Let them labor with their families, declaring none other things than the prophets and apostles, that which they have seen and heard and most assuredly believe, that the prophecies may be fulfilled.

D&C 64:19
And that which he hath seen and heard may be made known unto my disciples, that they perish not. And for this cause have I spoken these things.

D&C 67:11
For no man has seen God at any time in the flesh, except quickened by the Spirit of God.

D&C 76:10
For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will-- yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man.

D&C 76:94
They who dwell in his presence are the church of the Firstborn; and they see as they are seen, and know as they are known, having received of his fulness and of his grace;

D&C 76:116
Neither is man capable to make them known, for they are only to be seen and understood by the power of the Holy Spirit, which God bestows on those who love him, and purify themselves before him;

D&C 88:47
Behold, all these are kingdoms, and any man who hath seen any or the least of these hath seen God moving in his majesty and power.

D&C 88:48
I say unto you, he hath seen him; nevertheless, he who came unto his own was not comprehended.

D&C 88:50
Then shall ye know that ye have seen me, that I am, and that I am the true light that is in you, and that you are in me; otherwise ye could not abound.

D&C 101:54
And behold, the watchman upon the tower would have seen the enemy while he was yet afar off; and then ye could have made ready and kept the enemy from breaking down the hedge thereof, and saved my vineyard from the hands of the destroyer.

D&C 124:17
And for his love he shall be great, for he shall be mine if he do this, saith the Lord. I have seen the work which he hath done, which I accept if he continue, and will crown him with blessings and great glory.

D&C 126:2
I have seen your labor and toil in journeyings for my name.

D&C 128:4
Then, let there be a general recorder, to whom these other records can be handed, being attended with certificates over their own signatures, certifying that the record they have made is true. Then the general church recorder can enter the record on the general church book, with the certificates and all the attending witnesses, with his own statement that he verily believes the above statement and records to be true, from his knowledge of the general character and appointment of those men by the church. And when this is done on the general church book, the record shall be just as holy, and shall answer the ordinance just the same as if he had seen with his eyes and heard with his ears, and made a record of the same on the general church book.

D&C 132:50
Behold, I have seen your sacrifices, and will forgive all your sins; I have seen your sacrifices in obedience to that which I have told you. Go, therefore, and I make a way for your escape, as I accepted the offering of Abraham of his son Isaac.

D&C 133:45
For since the beginning of the world have not men heard nor perceived by the ear, neither hath any eye seen, O God, besides thee, how great things thou hast prepared for him that waiteth for thee.

D&C 135:5
And it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord that he would give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity. And it came to pass that the Lord said unto me: If they have not charity it mattereth not unto thee, thou hast been faithful; wherefore thy garments shall be made clean. And because thou hast seen thy weakness, thou shalt be made strong, even unto the sitting down in the place which I have prepared in the mansions of my Father. And now I ... bid farewell unto the Gentiles; yea, and also unto my brethren whom I love, until we shall meet before the judgment-seat of Christ, where all men shall know that my garments are not spotted with your blood. The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force.